The Jewish Drinking Show
Judaism has a lot to say about drinking - so...what does it say? This podcast focuses on Biblical, Rabbinic, and Halakhic texts dealing with alcohol-consumption.
Podcasting since 2019 • 186 episodes
The Jewish Drinking Show
Latest Episodes
Philo on Drinking & Drunkenness, featuring Rabbi Dovid Campbell [The Jewish Drinking Show, Episode #186]
IntroductionPhilo of Alexandria, an early first-century Jewish philosopher who blended Greek thought with Jewish tradition, offers a fascinating window into how Jews of the Second Tem...
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Episode 186
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32:43
Drinking Imagery as Sexual Metaphor in the Talmud, featuring Rabbi Dr. Gail Labovitz [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #185]
IntroductionHaving previously discussed Talmudic Parables of Wine with Looks with Dr. Elana Stein Hain on episode 133 of The Jewish Drinking Show, there are certain...
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Episode 185
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47:36
Medieval Jewish Legal Authorities (Rishonim) on Kiddusha Rabbah, featuring Rabbi David Fried [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #184]
IntroductionFollowing the mention of kiddusha rabbah (קידושא רבה) in the Talmud, how did the Rishonim, the medieval normative legal authorities, discuss it? That ...
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Episode 184
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36:46
Indigenous Wine Grape Varieties to Israel, featuring Professor Shivi Drori [The Jewish Drinking Show episode #183]
IntroductionGrapes in Israel for the use of wine are nothing new. While it had been known that they were certainly ancient, especially as we read of the delegation of scouts in the 13th chapter in the book of Numbers finding massive ...
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Episode 183
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40:20
Biblical Eschatological Abundance of Wine, featuring Professor John Anthony Dunne [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode 182]
IntroductionAmongst the Biblical prophets, the eschatological era is envisioned as a future time when God will bring ultimate justice, peace, and restoration to the world. The prophets describe it as an age when nations will no longe...
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Episode 182
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